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Black Holes : A Traveler's Guide Hardcover Clifford A. Pickover

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Special Attributes
EX-LIBRARY
Publication Name
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN
9780471125808
Book Title
Black Holes : a Traveler's Guide
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
1996
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Clifford A. Pickover
Genre
Science
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Width
6.4 in
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471125806
ISBN-13
9780471125808
eBay Product ID (ePID)
251038

Product Key Features

Book Title
Black Holes : a Traveler's Guide
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Author
Clifford A. Pickover
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-041336
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
523.8/875
Table Of Content
How to Calculate a Black Hole2s Mass. The Black Hole2s Event Horizon Circumference. Black-Hole Tidal Forces. A Black Hole2s Gravitational Lens. A Black Hole2s Gravitational Blueshift. Gravitational Time Dilation. Anatomical Dissection of Black Holes. Embedding Diagrams for Warped Space-Time. Gravitational Wave Recoil. Optical Appearance of a Collapsing Star. Gravitational Distension Near a Black Hole2s Heart. Quantum Foam. Black-Hole Recreations. Mathematical Black Holes. Black Holes Evaporate. Wormholes, Cosmological Doughnuts, and Parallel Universes. Postscripts. Author2s Musings. Smorgasbord for Computer Junkies. Notes. Further Reading. Index.
Synopsis
What if you could actually travel to the very edge of a black hole2s "event horizon"? What would it look like? How close could you get before you were "sucked in"? If you were, could you ever get back out? You are about to find out. Take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of fact-based scientific speculation. Acclaimed author Clifford Pickover2s inventive premise finds you the captain of a spaceship who, along with your first mate, probes the mysteries of the most interesting and elusive objects in the universe. Each chapter poses new questions, calling for further exploration. You2ll conduct a series of fascinating experiments, revealing new insights and information about these great cosmic enigmas. What does the universe look like from the inside of a black hole? Are they really portals to parallel universes and gateways to time travel? From boomerang photons and Fullerene space tunnels, to gravitational blueshift and time dilation, Pickover2s speculative journey through the awesome beauty and mystery of black holes provides rich, stimulating food for thought. With numerous illustrations-including eight pages of dazzling, computer-generated images-plus special codes that allow you to create black holes on your own computer, this is an original, fun-filled, and thoroughly unique introduction to the physics of black holes. Acclaim for BLACK HOLES A Traveler2s Guide "A fascinating tour of the physics and mathematics of black holes, presented in Clifford Pickover2s inimitable offbeat and always readable style." -Ian Stewart author of Does God Play Dice? "Many books have been written about black holes, but none surpass this one in arousing emotions of awe and wonder towards the mysterious structure of the universe." -Martin Gardner "Pickover provides a wonderfully illustrated explanation of some of the strangest objects in the universe . . . there are marvelous discoveries waiting here for both the novice and the expert." -Marc Hairston Hanson Center for Space Sciences, BLACK HOLES A TRAVELER'S GUIDE Clifford Pickover's inventive and entertaining excursion beyond the curves of space and time. "I've enjoyed Clifford Pickover's earlier books . . . now he has ventured into the exploration of black holes. All would-be tourists are strongly advised to read his traveler's guide." -Arthur C. Clarke. "Many books have been written about black holes, but none surpass this one in arousing emotions of awe and wonder towards the mysterious structure of the universe." -Martin Gardner. "Bucky Fuller thought big. Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." -Wired. "The book is fun, zany, in-your-face, and refreshingly addictive." -Times Higher Education Supplement., BLACK HOLES A TRAVELER2S GUIDE Clifford Pickover2s inventive and entertaining excursion beyond the curves of space and time. "I2ve enjoyed Clifford Pickover2s earlier books. . . now he has ventured into the exploration of black holes. All would-be tourists are strongly advised to read his traveler2s guide. " -Arthur C. Clarke.
LC Classification Number
QB843.B55P53 1996

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